The Cafeteria

Dear Sir,—(When the cafeteria at last opened for business tea was sold at the rate of 4d. a cup. Assuming that that amount covered the cost of labour involved in the total transaction, the amount of time and energy spent in toting for pennies or trying to work change for this inconvenient amount was approixmately 25 per cent., an all-round saving could therefore have been effected by reducing the price by a penny, saving the extra labour and the resources of the kitty.

The difficulty was soon realised by the cafeteria committee who raised the price to 6d., thus eliminating the inconvenience and expence of the odd penny and, in effect, making 3d. profit on the former price.

This is inflation of the worst type, is very nordy, and the situation should be rectified at once.